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Sanctuary Mountain (Mt Maungatautari) & Hobbiton Day trip from Auckland

By Zest Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$970 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 12h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

In this exclusive luxury tour you will visit one of the largest pest proof wildlife sanctuaries in the world and the set of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films

Activity location
  • St Andrews Anglican Church
    • 85 Hamilton Road
    • 3434, Cambridge, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • St Andrews Anglican Church
    • 85 Hamilton Road
    • 3434, Cambridge, Waikato Region, New Zealand

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Sanctuary Mountain (Mt Maungatautari) & Hobbiton Day trip from Auckland
  • Activity duration is 12 hours12h
    12h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
NZ$970.00 x 2 AdultsNZ$1,940.00
Total
Price is NZ$1,940.00
Until Wed, 4 Mar

What's included, what's not

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    Bottled water
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    Hobbiton Film set tour
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    Picnic lunch
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    Alcoholic Drinks
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    Lunch
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    Lake Karapiro
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Excess luggage charges (where applicable)

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult

Activity itinerary

St Andrews Anglican Church
  • 10m
Departing Auckland at 7am you will take a pleasant drive south over the Bombay Hills into the rich dairy farmland of the Waikato and beside the Waikato River before arriving in Cambridge, billed as our most English like town. With it’s stately oak trees, village green and historic St Andrew’s Anglican Church 1881. A morning tea/coffee break is taken here.
Mighty River Domain, Lake Karapiro
  • 10m
then it's a short drive to lake Karapiro and the hydro-electric power station on the Waikato River for a photo stop, before crossing over the dam.
Sanctuary Mountain - Maungatautari
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The majestic 797m Mt Maungatautari (Sanctuary Mountain) looms in the background. A mainland ecological island created by a 47km pest proof fence, the largest of it’s type in the world. Join an informative 1½ hour guided tour about many of New Zealand’s rarest and most endangered plants, insects, birds, fish, geckos, frogs, bats and flora that co-exist in this spectacular environment, on one of the many well maintained tracks to the 16m viewing tower. A picnic lunch is included here.
Arapuni Dam (Pass by)
Our scenic drive to Hobbiton continues to impress, as we pass over the Arapuni Dam, first of the hydro-electric power stations on the Waikato River dated 1929.
Hobbiton™ Movie Set Tours
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
On arrival at Hobbiton your local guide will escort you around the film set, containing 44 hobbit holes, Bilbo’s house, Bag End (Bilbo & Frodo Baggins home), the Mill and the double arch bridge and party tree. The tour Concludes at the Green Dragon, where you can enjoy a complimentary beer, cider or non alcoholic ginger beer, while soaking in the atmosphere.
Matamata Visitor Information Centre (Pass by)
Your drive back to Auckland will take you via Matamata, along the Hauraki Plains and beside the Kaimai Mountain Range.

Location

Activity location
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    St Andrews Anglican Church
    • 85 Hamilton Road
    • 3434, Cambridge, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Meeting/Redemption Point
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    St Andrews Anglican Church
    • 85 Hamilton Road
    • 3434, Cambridge, Waikato Region, New Zealand

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